Telluride Science, the Telluride Venture Network (TVN), and the community of Telluride want to support our scientists and engineers by giving them the tools to commercialize their ideas. These two organizations are generously sponsoring this program for the benefit of our scientist and engineer community.

Saturday – Fundamentals of Entrepreneurship

• How do I create a company that solves a problem (instead of starting with the solution)?
• What steps could I take to investigate whether starting a company makes sense?
• What are the fundamental building blocks of creating a company that “works”?
• How can I think about a company as a system of interlocking relationships between customers, problems and solutions?
• How can I continue to ideate and refine an idea for a company as I learn more about the problem/solution/customer?

Sunday – How to Prepare for a Tech Transfer Office Discussion

• How do tech transfer offices think about patents?
• How does a tech transfer office license technology?
• What does it take for a technology to make the leap from the lab to a company?
• Who is the right person to run a company, and what roles might exist for inventors?
• What does starting a company mean for my career as a scientist or researcher?